Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and
use the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed
decisions when using our site and our products and services.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis
and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse
our Web site.
- Personal Information You Choose to Provide
You will provide us information about yourself, your firm or company, and your practices
when you us our online forms and certain online services.
Email Information.
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your
email messages together with your email address and our responses.
- Web Site Use Information
Similar to other Web sites, our Web site may utilize a standard technology called
"cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect
information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies
and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time
spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web
site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we may use the information for purposes of administering and expanding
our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products
and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also
use the information we collect to notify you about in conjunction with a service
you have requested.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique
identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for
permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated
for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's
preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web
site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you
by other sites. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies that
originate from their sites. We have no access or control over those cookies.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you use our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other
users. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate
the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site
are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve our
Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal
information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that
you provided to us in your cookies.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
We do not resale your personal information to third parties for their use in advertising
or solicit your business.
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we
request that you do not send private information to us by email. Some of the information
you may enter on our Web site may be transmitted securely via Secure Sockets Layer
SSL, 128 to 256 bit encryption services. Pages utilizing this technology will have
URLs that start with HTTPS instead of HTTP. Please contact us any questions or concerns.
Certain Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena
or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply
with legal process served on us or affiliated parties; (b) protect and defend our
rights and property, our site, the users of our site, and/or our affiliated parties;
(c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of our site, us, or third
parties.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to/from Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from
our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other
Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful
to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site,
our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other
Web site, including Web sites which have a link on our Web site, is subject to that
Web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before
proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information
as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures,
we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information
we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
